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Title Descrittione del mappamondo [cartographic material].
Creator Porcacchi, Tommaso, 1530-1585.
Contributor Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604.
Galignani de Karera, Simon, fl. 1576.
Publisher [Venetia : appresso S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1572]
Subject World -- 1572.
World maps -- Early works to 1800.
Coverage 1572
Description Oval world map set in a page of text, with relief shown pictorially.; Plate from: L'isole piu famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi, da Catiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano al sereniss, principe et sigre. il s. don Giovanni d' Austria...; Engraved in copper by Girolamo Porro, this map also shows Timor and "Terra de Luchac". Beach, Lucach and Maletur were locations in Terra Australis first mentioned by Marco Polo.; Phillips, 166.; Shirley, 127.; Also available in a digitised form via the Internet at http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=crux/a127;seq=17; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2184.
Format 1 map ; 7.1 x 14 cm., on sheet 27.2 x 18.8 cm.
Date 1572
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
Rights You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/copyright.html">National Library of Australia</a> to request permission.
Identifier nla.map-rm2184
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2184
Geographic Terms Austria
Timor [Timor]
Australia